Postcards from 'Copaca' - Bognor

Isle of Bognor_ Aerial Image

+3 metre rise in Sea level,  2100

Alleyway_view_1

Promenade in Plan 산책로의 계획

Site Model_1:500

Below are some images of a site model that I  made last week. I am determined to get in my suitcase when I return in two weeks. Partly in section the model shows the underground spaces for car parking. Massing exercises are to follow which hope to explore the physical notion of connecting through emulsifying.

Paju Book City with Florian Beigel and Philip Christou

The above images are from a dossier produced last weekend which documents ARU's work at Paju Book City, Seoul. The precedent study looks to compile drawings and photos that explain the main design concepts and materiality. It is city devoted to books, publishers and printers and is an architectural wonderland. The study is comprised of three sections, firstly a study that looks at the masterplan idea of an urban wetland. Florian and Phil describe their strategy as landscape infrastructure. Secondly a study into three of ARU's different construction envelopes and thirdly a 1:1 study of the materiality and detail of the three buildings. I spent much time exploring their second completed project for Positive Thinking publishers. The traditional Korean brick is talks of many stories as they are handmade and have the makers fingerprints on them. I liked the idea that this construction could be drawn as a curtain and I explored a method of representing the non load-bearing quality of this rain-screen facade.